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Back to School cultural activities for Microsoft Word
Nonfiction Close Reading Lesson on Hot Topics: A Culture of Cheating
This easy prep mini lesson on cheating is the perfect ready-to-go lesson to practice close reading skills. With specific skilled-based, text-based questions and a writing prompt, your students will be engaged, informed, and ready to debate. Make those real-world connections with hot topics informational text lessons!Student Experience: The pressure to achieve in academics, get into college, and earn scholarships often provokes students -- and even parents -- to make dishonest decisions, i.e. che
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #2
Artifacts in a Bag - Thinking Like a Historian, Archeologist, Geographer
This is a fun lesson that allows students to get to know each other, but also helps them gain valuable skills in observing, recording data, and creating hypotheses.
In this one to two day lesson, students will examine the objects brought in by fellow students and take on the role of historians, archeologists, and geographers to learn more about them. Students can then apply this learning to their understanding of ancient civilizations and cultures.
Complete lesson directions and
Grades:
5th - 8th
Situational Appropriateness Activity (Code-Switching)
This is a hands-on, collaborative, interactive opportunity for you to engage your students in a discussion on "rules", "code-switching", and being "situationally appropriate". Successful people in life have the ability to adapt to the situation and alter their behavior depending on the context they are in. Students are given four scenarios (science class, playing Fortnite at home, Peso Pluma concert, and dinner with their fam) and then are given a set of "norms" and they have to sort them betwe
Grades:
6th - 9th
12 German Sub Plans ~ Sub Pac Set 1
"My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English(barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and Germanin thirty years. It seems manifest, then, that the latter tongue ought to be trimmed down and repaired." Mark Twain (American humorist ~ 1835 - 1910) Twelve ready-to-use lesson plans for the sub who does * n-o-t * know German. Feeling overwhelmed sometimes ? Too many preps ? Stacks of papers to grade ?Yet another meet
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Homecoming Words Search
Here's a great "busy work" activity that will take approximately 30 minutes of class time. Ideal for homecoming week, obviously!This word search includes 41 special words associated with homecoming. For example:1) alma mater 2) alumni 3) candy 4) cars 5) chaperones 6) cheerleaders 7) contests 8) court 9) curfew 10) dance 11) dress up 12) drive 13) excitement 14) festivities 15) floats 16) football game 17) freshmen 18) half time 19) hashtag 20) homecoming 21) joy 22) juniors 23) kickoff 24)
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
Mexican Independence Day Lesson Materials (September 15-16)
Mexican Independence is one of the most significant lessons that you will teach in your Spanish classes regardless of the level. A great number of people still confuse Mexican Independence Day (September 15-16) with Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) which makes this lesson a vital lesson.
This download provides you with all that you will need to facilitate a qualitative lesson on Mexican Independence.
1. An interactive class activity (skit) where students play the roles of famous people in Mexican histo
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Soundtrack of Your Life (#SOYL)
**RECENTLY UPDATED**Want to get to know your students a little better musically at the beginning of the year? Perfect for a middle/high school music appreciation class, here's #SOYL. It helps students use music to describe who they are as people and what is important in their own lives. It's a simple plan that can either be done fully in class or fully outside of class.Included is the handout to give to students describing the project.- - - - - - - - - -** Please take the time to rate my product
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Travel Brochure Template
This travel brochure template can be used for practicing research skills in younger grades (2nd or 3rd). Not only can this be used to demonstrate research of far away places via research books or the internet, but can also be used for much simpler, first-hand tasks like researching the library, nurse's office, classroom next door, friend's house etc. This may be a fun activity for the first week back to school. On the template itself, the three blank squares in the top portion and for students t
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Icebreaker, teambuilding activity: "Tattoo You"
GOAL: Students will explore their uniqueness and similarities within their class. Students will experientially implement ways to Listen Actively and Reflectively. Great for start of year icebreaker and teambuilding!
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Who are you? What makes you unique? What qualities do you share with your community?
What is important about listening to others without judgment or interrupting?
OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson the students will:
draw a tattoo representing somethi
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Calendar Cards - Special Days
Need special day cards for your classroom calendar? Then, this document is for you! You will find calendar number sized cards for Thanksgiving, Mother's Day, Halloween, Kwanzaa, Christmas, MLK Day, Veterans' Day, birthdays, and many more! Enjoy!
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
10 German Sub Plans ~ Sub Pac Set 2
"To say what I would have been if I wasn't boxing, I don't know why, but I always wanted to be an x-ray technician or a substitute teacher." Sugar Ray Leonard (American boxing champion ~ 1956)Ten ready-to-use lesson plans for the sub who does * n-o-t * know German. Too many preps ? Feeling overwhelmed ?Stacks of papers to grade ?This resource will save you precious time because everything is ready-to-use.These substitute lesson plans provide an informative lesson for your class through exposur
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9th - 12th
“Who is Waldo?” Staff Development, bias, growth mindset, respect ALL students
“Where is Waldo? No, Who is Waldo?”Something powerful to start the year off honoring all kids!This very interactive staff meeting, workshop or high school student class activity is designed to help school staff or older students avoid their own biases and stereotypes and stay focused on a student/person rather than his “Deadbeat Dad,” “Alcoholic Mom,”” Low Socio-economic Status,” etc. This discussion and revelation reminds us that we are charged to help all kids, every kid, be successful; no ex
Grades:
11th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
Beginning of Year Activities
This is a collection of activities that I have used at the beginning of the year while teaching 3rd and 4th grade. The focus is on students getting to know each other and having fun while doing so. Activities include a People Hunt, Cultural People Bingo, You Me and What We Have in Common, Summer Snapshots Writing, Guess that Baby, and Me Collage.
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2nd - 5th
120 Morning meeting activities for responsive classroom (editable resource)
54 pages of K 12 Activities during Morning Meeting. Morning Meeting is an essential piece of responsive classroom. Each activity is explained by describing:Grade LevelMaterialsHow To PlayPlan for SuccessVariations/ExtensionsExamples of the activities in this documentUse Your NoodleVegetarianismWalk the LineWave the OceanWho Am IWho’s Your Neighbor?Wisconsin MilkZamacquackZip-Zap
Grades:
K - 6th
Menu Project For German Class ~ Im Restaurant ~ German Menu ~ Speisekarte
"Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress." Ludwig Bemelmans (Austrian-American author of the Madeline books ~ 1898 - 1962)Once your students have learned a variety of food words, they'll be excited to create their own colorful menu for their own restaurant using paper, colored pencils or markers, and their own imaginations. It's a fun way to use vocabulary, Euro prices, and allow the creative side of students to shine. Once they've made their menus, students then vis
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9th - 12th
Welcome Kit for ELL Students (Spanish Speaking)
This kit includes ideas for what to potentially include in a welcome kit for an ELL student and their family. It also includes a series of helpful phrases they can use (translated from English to Spanish), a series of pictures with the Spanish and English word underneath, a calendar, and an introducing your child survey for the parents to complete.
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Grades:
1st - 7th
What's Your Jam? A getting to know you activity.
Ever heard the phrase, "That's my jam!"? This activity plays on that phrase asking students to use words, phrases, and illustrations to add to their jam jar. What's their favorite sport? A quote that they live by? Someone they look up to? What they wished the school mascot was? They fill their jars with 10 items that fit the question: What's Your Jam?
Optional addition: Have students cut out their jar to create a display for your bulletin board or connect all of the jars together with string f
Grades:
5th - 12th
ESL Language & Culture Survey {editable}
This is a language and culture survey for English Language Learners. It consists of 11 questions every ESL teacher would want to know about her/his new students. You can also edit this to alter or add questions.You may also be interested in: English Language Learner Staff PD Presentation How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases:• Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to
Grades:
5th - 8th
First Day Ice Breaker Activity
This is a great activity for the first week of school. Students not only learn where everything is located around your classroom, but they also get to know each other in the process. This is a fun community building activity. I have found that it encourages students to communicate, which is an important skill in my science classroom. I have uploaded this as a WORD document for easy editing to fit the needs of your classroom. Enjoy.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
This Is How We Do It - Student Day in the Life (English & Spanish)
This resource was created as an extension of the book "This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from Around the World" by Matt LaMothe. After reading aloud the book, students can reflect on and compare how their daily lives are similar and different to the children in the book, as well as their classmates.In each box, students can draw a picture or use words to show what the daily task looks like for them. Perfect activity for the first few weeks of school to get to know the st
Grades:
K - 12th
List of Boy and Girl Spanish Names, Lista de Nombres Espanoles
A list of names in Spanish for your students to choose from! Some of the names have their meanings or English equivalents next to them, others are names of famous Hispanics or Hispanic friends of mine! The first page explains how you can use the list to keep track of the names that each period chooses, and a page of boy's names and girl's name follows.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Personality Compass Activity (EDITABLE)
I love doing this with my students. Here they will discover which direction their personality falls under the Personality Compass. Everyone has some characteristics from each of the four directions, but one will capture the essence of their personality more accurately than the others. As they discover more about themselves, it's interesting to see how the dynamics of the classroom change. I love doing this at the start of a new year or new semester as students are getting to know each other. I n
Grades:
7th - 12th
Homecoming Parade (Word Search)
Hey, how about this word search for a time filler??? There are 34 words associated with the phrase "homecoming parade entries". By the way, an answer sheet is provided for your benefit. WORD BANKcommercial entries civic clubs JROTC freshmen middle school students elementary students superheroes pep squad antique cars churches celebrities mascots boy scouts girl scouts seniors juniors sophomores firs
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
Classroom Bingo!
Back to school classroom bingo! Great as a get to know you/ community building activity where kids can move around the room, talk to each other, and share out what they learned about their classmates! You can have them try to fill out as many as they can, the whole board, or a row/column. I usually have them write their classmate's name in the box.
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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